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Today you’ll learn why gold is the ultimate money and why physics has triumphed over economics in this case. Let’s look at Mendeleev’s Periodic Table. We have 118 elements. Why gold, of all things? Gases? No way — they’ll escape from your wallet. Liquids? Mercury is toxic, and carrying it around …

Today you’ll learn why gold is the ultimate money and why physics has triumphed over economics in this case. Let’s look at Mendeleev’s Periodic Table. We have 118 elements. Why gold, of all things? Gases? No way — they’ll escape from your wallet. Liquids? Mercury is toxic, and carrying it around is a nightmare. Reactive metals? Iron rusts, magnesium can explode, and sodium will dissolve in the rain.